diff --git a/src/Grphp/Client/Strategy/Envoy/RequestExecutor.php b/src/Grphp/Client/Strategy/Envoy/RequestExecutor.php
index 910e7a2..056555c 100644
--- a/src/Grphp/Client/Strategy/Envoy/RequestExecutor.php
+++ b/src/Grphp/Client/Strategy/Envoy/RequestExecutor.php
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ function ($ch, $header) use ($responseHeaders) {
 
         $response = curl_exec($ch);
         if (curl_errno($ch)) {
-            throw new RequestException(curl_error($ch), $responseHeaders);
+            $errorMessage = curl_error($ch);
+            curl_close($ch);
+            throw new RequestException($errorMessage, $responseHeaders);
         }
 
         $headerSize = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE);
diff --git a/src/Grphp/Client/Strategy/H2Proxy/RequestExecutor.php b/src/Grphp/Client/Strategy/H2Proxy/RequestExecutor.php
index e0567f3..9148b45 100644
--- a/src/Grphp/Client/Strategy/H2Proxy/RequestExecutor.php
+++ b/src/Grphp/Client/Strategy/H2Proxy/RequestExecutor.php
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ function ($ch, $header) use ($responseHeaders) {
 
         $response = curl_exec($ch);
         if (curl_errno($ch)) {
-            throw new RequestException(curl_error($ch), $responseHeaders);
+            $errorMessage = curl_error($ch);
+            curl_close($ch);
+            throw new RequestException($errorMessage, $responseHeaders);
         }
 
         $headerSize = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE);